The Sony Vaio EA Series VPCEA4AFX/P ($749 direct) is a 14-inch notebook packing a backlit LED, an integrated Motion Eye webcam and a 2.53GHz Intel Core i3 processor. On top of that, this model features 4GB of DDR3, 1,033MHz RAM and a lithium-ion battery that lasts up to five hours.

Design and Features
The VPCEA4AFX/P features the shiny, smooth design that comes with the Vaio brand, though this model comes in five colors: standard white and black, purple, pink and light blue. Opening this model, like the rest of the Vaio line, reveals a full chiclet keyboard sans number pad. The 14-inch LED on the VPCEA4AFX/P sports a 1,366 by 768 resolution. Sony's signature Vaio hardware buttons return in this model with unique functions: Vaio, Assist and Web.

The Vaio button launches Sony's Media Gallery Software, an app to create and enjoy media files. Assist will start the company's Vaio Care software, which troubleshoots PC issues. To get right to surfing the Internet without having to load the operating system entirely, press the Web button. Four USB 2.0 ports, one VGA input, microphone and headphone jacks, one HDMI input, card readers for Memory Stick, SD and Express Card formats and an e-SATA port are all found in the VPCEA4AFX/P.

Sony included Intel HD Graphics in this model and the capacity up to 8GB of RAM. A Gigabit Ethernet and an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 network adapter are available for connectivity options. In addition to Bluetooth, Intel WiDi, or Wireless Display, is also included. Using Intel WiDi, users can stream the contents of their Vaio LED to a nearby HDTV over a WiFi connection. All of these features are made available through 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium.

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